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【題目】“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is one of the most common sayings in the English languages. This is because apples were one of the first foods that medical professionals recognized as healthy—their benefits became obvious when, quite simply, doctors found that people who ate apples were sick less often than those who did not. Today we have a more specific understanding of why apples are so beneficial to overall health.

Apples can help keep your levels of bad cholesterol (膽固醇) down. The pectin (果膠) in apples helps you to maintain cardiovascular health and reduce LDL cholesterol(which is the “bad” kind). Apples themselves do not add cholesterol to your diet and are full of water and fiber to help prevent the cholesterol in other foods you might digest. According to Health Diaries, people who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.

Apples are naturally low in calories and high in water content. Eating an apple can satisfy your hunger and keep you from reaching for high-sugar, high-calories snacks. By eating apples, you will be more able to maintain a healthy weight because they fill you up, potentially stopping you from eating food that encourages a waistline increase.

Apples contain respectable levels of boron (硼), which helps build healthy bones, and can also prevent diseases like arthritis. Apples are rich in vitamin C, which is known to help build immunity.

Studies have shown that apples can decrease the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer. One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this, so be sure not to peel your apple before you eat them, as you could remove some of the health benefits.

【1】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. An explanation of an English saying.

B. How to make full use of apples.

C. Apples are beneficial to our health.

D. How to keep healthy in our daily life.

【2】By eating apples we can get many benefits EXCEPT________.

A. lowering the cholesterol B. keeping a healthy weight

C. building immunity D. preventing heart disease

【3】Which of the following can most probably replace the underlined word “respectable”?

A. Admirable. B. Considerable.

C. Reliable. D. Valuable.

【4】Which plays an important role in reducing the risk of breast cancer?

A. The pectin. B. The apple skins.

C. The flesh of apples. D. The fiber of apples.

【5】What’s the author’s attitude towards the effect of eating apples?

A. Positive. B. Negative.

C. Doubtful. D. Uncertain.

Answer 1

【答案】One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this, B選項 The apple skins.

【解析】英語中有一句諺語：一天一蘋果，醫(yī)生遠離我。因為蘋果是醫(yī)學上公認的健康食物之一，醫(yī)生們發(fā)現(xiàn)吃蘋果的人們比不吃蘋果的人們更健康。而現(xiàn)在我們對食用蘋果的優(yōu)點有更明確的認識。

【1】C主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文內容可知，文章主要講的是蘋果各部分對人們身體的益處，蘋果是公認的健康食物，故選C。

【2】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二、三、四段內容可知，吃蘋果可以幫助降低你的膽固醇含量、使你保持健康的體重、增強免疫力，但是沒有說到阻止心臟病發(fā)作，本題運用排除法，故選D。

【3】B 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第四段的句子Apples contain respectable levels of boron (硼), which helps build healthy bones.（蘋果含有__________硼元素，它能幫助強健骨骼）可推知，劃線詞表示“大量的”，大量的才能強健骨骼，B項considerable意為“相當大的”與劃線詞意思相近，故選B。

【4】B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段的句子Studies have shown that apples can decrease the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer. One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this.（研究表明蘋果皮可以幫助減少乳腺癌、結腸癌和肝癌的患病率）可知，吃蘋果前不要削掉蘋果皮，故選B。

【5】A 觀點態(tài)度題。根據(jù)文章內容的講述可知，作者肯定了食用蘋果的諸多好處，故是正面的，選A。